A brand new take on the classic tale of Frankenstein, Sundance horror movie birth/rebirth is on the way from IFC Films and Shudder, arriving exclusively in theaters on August 18.
The companies preview, “This standout directorial debut from Laura Moss reimagines Mary Shelley’s classic horror myth Frankenstein with such a contemporary understanding that it becomes something exciting, terrifying, and singularly new.”
Watch the official trailer for birth/rebirth below.
In the film, “Rose (Marin Ireland) is a pathologist who prefers working with corpses over social interaction. She also has an obsession — the reanimation of the dead. Celie (Judy Reyes) is a maternity nurse who has built her life around her bouncy, chatterbox six-year-old daughter, Lila (A.J. Lister). When one tragic night, Lila suddenly falls ill and dies, the two women’s worlds crash into each other. They embark on a dark path of no return where they will be forced to confront how far they are willing to go to protect what they hold most dear.”
birth/rebirth has been officially rated “R” by the MPA for: “Disturbing material and gore, some sexual content, language and nudity.” Brendan J. O’Brien wrote the script.
Trace Thurman wrote in his Sundance review for Bloody Disgusting, “birth/rebirth offers a motherly twist on the Frankenstein tale, though Laura Moss and [writer] Brendan J. O’Brien are much more interested in the mad scientists themselves than they are the eponymous creature, making birth/rebirth more of a dramatic character study than an outright horror film.”
Trace adds, “Mothers beware: this is a rough watch.”
Laura Moss is a filmmaker from NYC whose work has screened at Tribeca, Rotterdam, and SXSW. Their short film ‘Fry Day’ is featured on the Criterion Channel. They directed the sci-fi/comedy pilot ‘eureka,’ which won Best Director, Comedy Pilot at Seriesfest. They were a 2020 Sundance Screenwriters/Directors Labs fellow. Their award-winning screenplay, ‘Gordon’, co-written with Brendan J. O’Brien, is in development.
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